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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in North Dana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Dana and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for North Dana:
- 42.455772, -72.278951
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on North Dana
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
- Since North Dana is near Franklin County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for North Dana
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Dana ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Baconville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baconville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baconville
- Dana ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dana Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dana Center is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Center
- Eaglesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eaglesville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglesville
- Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Gilbertville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwich ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knights Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knights Corner is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Corner
- Locks Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- Meads Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meads Corner is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Corner
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Packardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Packardville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packardville
- Pratt Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corner
How Far From North Dana to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Dana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of North Dana once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Dana and extending to:
- Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Dana to Worcester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,551 miles [8,933.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,137 miles [6,657.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about North Dana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Dana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from North Dana to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Dana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4558, Longitude: -72.2790 In this case, the coordinates for North Dana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.695 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.074 degrees. |
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